#68685E#68685E

#68685E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.015 H 106.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68685E
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, -1.97, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 5.97, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0045 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.015 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6794, 13.6519, 12.5546)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68685E #5E5E68

analogous

#68635E #68685E #63685E

triadic

#68685E #5E6868 #685E68

tetradic

#68685E #5E6863 #5E5E68 #685E63

square

#68685E #5E6863 #5E5E68 #685E63

split-complementary

#68685E #5E6368 #635E68

monochromatic

#282824 #484841 #68685E #88887B #A5A59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#68685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#68685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68685E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68685E	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A685E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.015 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93938b',
    500: '#68685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68685e;
$custom-light: #93938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.051,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5142,
    "c": 0.01536,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68685E

secondary

#8D8D95

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #68685E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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